The influence of the critical zone architecture in the development of hot spots for increased biogeochemical activity in two northern peatlands in Maine

Xavier Comas1, Henry Moore2, Shelley Peirce1, Andrew S Reeve3, Victoria Niedzinski4 and Lee D Slater5, (1)Florida Atlantic University, Geosciences, Boca Raton, FL, United States, (2)Rutgers University Newark, Newark, NJ, United States, (3)University of Maine, Dept. of Geological Sciences, Orono, ME, United States, (4)University of Maine, Geological Sciences, Orono, United States, (5)Rutgers University, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Newark, United States